Credits
Following the guidelines of the United States Department of Education and using the Carnegie unit of measure for assigning credits to its undergraduate and graduate courses, Hood defines a credit hour as representing one 50-minute hour of class work and at least two to three hours of student preparation in a given subject per week throughout the semester.
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Credits
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Faculty instruction
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Class Minutes/Hours per Semester
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Student Preparation
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1
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50 minutes
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750 minutes (12.5 hours)
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120 minutes
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2
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100 minutes
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1,500 minutes (25 hours)
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240 minutes
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3
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150 minutes
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2,250 minutes (37.50 hours)
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360 minutes
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4
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200 minutes
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3,000 minutes (50 hours)
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480 minutes
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One credit of supervised laboratory or studio classes require a minimum of 30 hours, of 50 minutes each.